COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Requires insurers that offer health care coverage to the regular employees of any group or association to offer the same coverage to part-time employees working at least 15 hours per week. Requires the Insurance Commissioner to report to submit a cost-benefit report to the Legislature. (HB690 HD1)
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Makes various clarifying and technical amendments, and corrects inadvertent errors, in the Life Settlements Model Act, chapter 431E, HRS, which establishes consumer protections in life settlement transactions.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLICATION OF HEARING NOTICES. Saves money by allowing the Public Utility Commission to provide hearing notices to only the island(s) affected by a public utility proposal for change in utility rates and ratemaking procedures. Hearing notices will continue to be sent to those directly impacted by any proposed changes.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO GAS PIPELINE SYSTEMS. Repeals the Public Utilities Commission's responsibility for pipeline safety and inspection functions in Hawaii because this has been the responsibility of the Federal Office of Pipeline Safety since 1993.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Repeals the sunset provision relating to the one cent tax on naphtha fuel used in a power-generating facility. (HB371 HD1)
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY RESOURCES. Clarifies solar water heater variance request procedures and authority and provides guidance with respect to solar water heater system standards. (HB1464 HD1)
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EEP/HSG, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO NURSE AIDES. Specifies the renewal period for the recertification of certified nurse aides and the number of continuing education hours for their recertification. (HB814 HD1)
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. Prohibits the Office of Consumer Protection from making consumer complaints publicly available in cases where the complaint was resolved in favor of the business against which the complaint was filed.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO BUSINESS REGISTRATION. Proposes housekeeping amendments to clarify and streamline business registration laws.
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CPC, JUD |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
2:00 p.m. AGENDA:
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RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Clarifies civil service status of employees at 2 conversion charter schools, Waialae and Lanikai elementary schools.
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EDN/LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Repeals language from Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, that specifies that the act prevails over any conflicting language in the public employment collective bargaining law on resolving conflicts between collective bargaining agreements and administrative rules and between the public employment collective bargaining law and other sources of state or local law.
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EDN/LAB, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
2:15 p.m. AGENDA:
EDN/LAB only:
Decision making only (heard on Wednesday, February 4, 2009):
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RELATING TO RECONSTITUTING SCHOOLS. Allows the Superintendent of Education to reconstitute a public school, except a charter school, which has been in restructuring for three or more school years. Also allows the Superintendent to recommend to the charter school review panel actions that should be taken to reconstitute a charter school which has been in restructuring for three or more school years, and recommend that the charter school review panel revoke the charter school's charter.
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EDN/LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Returns the Department of Education to a system divided by districts in lieu of the current complex area structure. Requires the Board of Education to appoint the district superintendents. Establishes duties of the district superintendent.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Establishes a charter school funding mechanism to ensure that charter schools receive fair and equitable funding.
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EDN, FIN |
2:30 p.m. AGENDA:
EDN only:
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the director of transportation to conduct a statewide pupil travel evaluation to study how students get to school and to use that information to award federal grants for school-based workshops and community planning that will reduce traffic congestion, encourage walking and bicycling, and increase health and safety. Requires the director of transportation to streamline the grant application process. Requires annual reports.
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TRN, EDN, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Keaukaha Elementary School
240 Desha Avenue
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
6:00 p.m. AGENDA:
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OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
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Robert Lindsey, Trustee William Meheula, Attorney at Law Clyde Namu`o, Administrator |
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Presentation on HB 901- OHA to receive a portion of the income and proceeds from land in public land trust.
6:05 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. AGENDA:
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Amends the law to provide for the office of Hawaiian affairs to receive a portion of the income and proceeds from land in the public land trust.
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HAW,WLO/ JUD, FIN (pending re- referral) |
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION, BUSINESS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS
Thursday, February 12, 2009
7:30 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO VETERANS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS. Prohibits protests within 300 feet of the entrance of any cemetery under control of the office of veterans' services from 60 minutes before to 60 minutes after a funeral.
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EBM, JUD |
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RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS. Creates the military affairs liaison special fund within a nonprofit entity to support the nonprofit entity's duties as the state liaison in matters relating to the military. Requires adjutant general, with the governor's concurrence, to select the nonprofit entity. Appropriates funds to the special fund.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO VETERAN BURIAL GRANTS. Requires office of veterans' services to pay directly to a mortuary for services and to transport the remains of a deceased veteran who joined the New Filipino Scouts between 10/06/1945, and 06/30/1947, and died after 06/30/1994, to the Philippines upon submission of an unpaid invoice. Appropriates funds.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO VETERANS SERVICES. Establishes the veterans' services special fund to provide medical support services to Hawaii veterans. Establishes a veterans' service tax on liquor and deposits the revenue into the veterans' services special fund.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PROCUREMENT CODE. Overrides the rulemaking authority of the procurement policy office for administrative rules adopted since 1/1/03. Reinstates the office's rulemaking authority on 1/1/11.
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EBM, JUD |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Raises the ceiling for bid security requirements from $25,000 to an unspecified sum.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Deletes the requirement for cooperative purchasing agreements to be made pursuant to rules adopted by the procurement policy board.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Deletes the requirement for cooperative purchasing agreements to be made pursuant to rules adopted by the procurement policy board.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Requires protestors for whom a protest is not sustained to reimburse the chief procurement officer or designee for administrative expenses incurred in connection with an administrative hearing or action in court.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT PROTESTS. Prohibits the chief procurement officer from delegating the officer's authority to resolve protested awards.
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EBM, JUD |
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RELATING TO HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE. Exempts GSA-approved vendors on procurements involving federal matching funds from certain sole source procurement provisions.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE. Requires the dismissal of a protest of an award of a contract if the reason for the protest is based upon an error in a bid that is less than one per cent of the bid amount.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT SHARED SERVICES TECHNOLOGY. Establishes the Shared Services Technology Special Fund to allow departments and agencies to pool resources for common technology systems, hardware, and software.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO COMMUNITY-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Amends sections of chapter 210D, HRS (relating to community-based economic development), to update the provision of services provided by the community-based economic development technical and financial assistance program.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYEE INCREASE TAX CREDIT. Provides maximum tax credit of $8,500 for an employer that increases employee count over the prior taxable year.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. Provides a tax credit for costs related to conducting medical technology research. (HB699 HD1)
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HLT, EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOME OCCUPATIONS. Regulates home occupations.
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EBM, HSG/WLO |
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RELATING TO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES. Creates an optional "ingenuity company" designation for LLCs. Requires an LLC with an ingenuity company designation to exercise its right to exclude conferred by any patent it has an interest in for a public purpose. Establishes reporting requirements.
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EBM, JUD |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS. Establishes requirements for contractors who bid on state construction projects. Establishes penalties for non-compliance with such requirements.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO HIGH TECHNOLOGY. Clarifies the operation of the high technology research and development loan and grant program to allow the State to catch up to increased federal award amounts since 1989. Gives priority to first-time small business innovation research and small business technology transfer award or contract recipients. Allows, rather than requires, the grant program to borrow funds from the Hawaii capital loan revolving fund.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Creates a nexus standard for taxing out-of-state businesses on their business activities in Hawaii.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Amends the definition of engaging in business under section 237-2, HRS (general excise tax), to include persons who enter into an agreement with residents of the State where the person pays a commission for referral of potential customers.
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EBM, FIN |
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Decision making to follow.
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Decision making only to insert substantive provisions into the short form bill: |
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RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Short form bill relating to economic development.
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EBM |
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COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
8:00 a.m. AGENDA:
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RELATING TO RANDOM DRUG TESTING. Directs the department of human services to report to the legislature on costs and benefits of requiring random drug testing for recipients of benefits of public assistance programs.
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HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Creates and implements a silver alert program to be operated concurrently with the Maile Amber Alert program. (HB744 HD1)
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HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. Amends section 346-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by adding definitions of "work eligible household" and "other work eligible household" and repealing the definition of "exempt household" to be consistent with recent changes in federal regulations. Also amends section 346-53(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to be consistent with the new definitions.
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HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO ASSISTANCE FOR AGED, BLIND, AND PERMANENTLY AND TOTALLY DISABLED PERSONS. Indicates that assistance for eligible aged, blind, and permanently and totally disabled persons is available up to the amount of any legislative appropriation not to exceed the current statutory sixty-two and one-half per cent of the standard of need.
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HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO GENERAL ASSISTANCE. Places a twelve-month limit on general assistance to households without minor dependents with appropriate exceptions.
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HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES AND CENTERS. Repeals section 348-9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, that establishes the Statewide Council on Independent Living.
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HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Raises to $3,600 the maximum amount of the special assessment for delinquent monthly common assessments that can be charged against a person who purchases a condominium unit. Expands limitations on association liability for elderly unit owners aging in place to include handicapped and disabled persons.
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HUS, CPC |
Decision making to follow.
10:00 a.m. AGENDA:
HUS/HLT only:
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Requires Med‑QUEST and Medicaid coverage for chiropractic care limited to 24 visits per calendar year. Appropriates funds.
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HUS/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Requires Med‑QUEST and Medicaid coverage for chiropractic care upon receiving federal approval.
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HUS/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates funds to the department of health to provide for continued respite services for family caregivers.
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HLT/HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes a pilot program to direct payment of certain state funds to federally qualified health centers to support federally qualified health centers as patient-centered health care homes. Makes an appropriation.
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HLT/HUS, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO ADDRESS THE BUDGET SHORTFALL. Fiscal Year 2009-2010 appropriation from the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund in lieu of general funds for the health care payments program (HMS 401) to address the budget shortfall in fiscal biennium 2009-2011.
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HUS/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates funds in each year of the 2009-2011 fiscal biennium to increase the payments for physician services provided by QUEST and medicare fee-for-service providers up to 100 per cent of the current medicare rate. Requires the Department of Human Services (DHS) to report to the Legislature prior to the 2010 Regular Session with (1) the amount of baseline medicaid and additional funds needed for fiscal year 2010-2011, and (2) the amount of funding required to continue increased payments for physician services and to increase reimbursements for all fee-for-service providers. Requires DHS to seek an appropriation in an amount equal to at least the amount appropriated in 2009-2010 for additional payments for physician services.
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HUS/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Requires DHS to include in its request for proposals for QUEST providers various provisions to safeguard against disruption of services that may be caused by positive enrollment.
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HUS/HLT, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
8:30 a.m. AGENDA:
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RELATING TO A MAJOR DISASTER RESERVE TRUST FUND. Establishes the major disaster reserve trust fund.
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PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. Establishes the Office of the Director of Disaster Preparedness and a Disaster Preparedness Commission to develop a disaster preparedness plan for Hawaii that includes the identification of hazards and hazard impact zones, disaster mitigation policies, requirements, and incentives, and best responses. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/09.
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PBS, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE AMERICAN RED CROSS. Makes an appropriation to the state department of defense to assist the American Red Cross, Hawaii Chapter, with needed capital improvement projects.
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PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOMELAND SECURITY. Makes appropriation of Homeland Security funds for the American Red Cross, Hawaii State Chapter, to purchase emergency generators for its headquarters and neighbor island offices.
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PBS, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER AND DISASTER SHELTER IN HAWAIIAN OCEAN VIEW COMMUNITY ESTATES, HAWAII. Appropriates funds as a grant-in-aid to Hawaii county to plan, design, and construct a community and disaster center in Hawaiian Ocean View Estates, Hawaii.
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PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION. Requires the Department of Public Safety to develop a plan to use current funding resources to improve community-based programs to assist female offenders in transitioning from prison back into the community.
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PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Clarifies the circumstances under which inmates may be transferred between Hawaii facilities and facilities outside of Hawaii.
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PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Establishes a state residential drug abuse program with an in‑community component to help inmates' reentry into the community upon their release from prison. Expands number of transition beds in module nineteen at the Oahu community correctional center.
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PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires the department of public safety to establish performance indicators; requires monthly reports to the legislature, using key performance indicators.
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PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO PAROLE. Establishes an earned-time program that provides incentives for inmate rehabilitation by allowing inmates to become eligible for parole when they make consistent progress in completing programs while incarcerated. Appropriates funds.
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PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO SENTENCING. Repeals the law requiring habitual violent offenders to be sentenced to prison for 30 years to life.
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PBS, JUD |
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RELATING TO REDUCED IGNITION PROPENSITY CIGARETTES. Delays implementation of the reduced ignition propensity cigarettes law to 09/30/2010. Creates a special revolving fund to receive deposits of cigarette certification fees. Authorizes the state fire council to expend moneys from the fund to cover the reduced ignition propensity cigarettes personnel and program costs.
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PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. Prohibits the retail sale or distribution of novelty lighters.
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PBS, JUD |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Authorizes the use of condominium replacement reserve funds for emergency preparedness purposes.
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PBS, CPC |
Decision making to follow.
11:45 a.m. AGENDA:
PBS/HLT/AGR only:
Decision making only (heard on Saturday, February 7, 2009):
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RELATING TO HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES. Directs the Department of Defense to develop and implement a program to ensure that an adequate number of monitors to detect sulfur dioxide are strategically placed throughout areas of the state where high incidences of vog, sulfur dioxide, or both occur.
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PBS/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOBILE MEDICAL CARE. Authorizes the use of federal Homeland Security Grant Program funds to provide the people of the southern portion of the island of Hawaii with increased access to suitable emergency and clinical medical care.
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HLT/PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes a temporary reimbursement program for tenants of state agricultural lands in vog-impacted areas to reimburse tenants for costs of repair and maintenance of fencing and other infrastructure repair and maintenance.
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PBS/AGR, FIN |
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
9:00 a.m. AGENDA:
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RELATING TO NOISE. Requires department of health to change its decibel weighting system from the dBA system to the dBC system for purpose of community noise control.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO NOISE. Prohibits as disorderly conduct the operation of a leaf blower between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. on any day of the week.
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EEP, JUD |
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RELATING TO NOISE POLLUTION. Requires the Department of Health to establish rules requiring the use of mufflers on yard equipment, where applicable.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS. Ensure compliance with the federal Energy Policy Act of 2005, 42 U.S.C. § 15801.
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EEP, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM. Extends the reverse vending machine rebate program and increases the financial incentives. Appropriates moneys to the counties to plan and operate county recycling programs.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW. Authorizes an agency to transfer the responsibility for preparing and funding Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Statements to a user for its use of state or county lands or new improvements to be constructed with state or county funds necessary to accommodate the user's operations.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST DIAMOND HEAD RENEWABLE RESOURCES, LLC. Provides for the issuance of $144,000,000 in special purpose revenue bonds to assist Diamond Head Renewable Resources, LLC.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR BETTER PLACE HAWAII, INC. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Better Place Hawaii, Inc. in the planning, designing, construction, and development of transportation infrastructure, equipment, and apparatus to support electric vehicles in Hawaii.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS. Authorizes special purpose revenue bonds for Carbon Diversion Inc. for development of non-fossil fuel energy production.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST BIOENERGY HAWAII, LLC. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist BioEnergy Hawaii, LLC establish a cogeneration facility and related energy production facilities
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS. Authorizes special purpose revenue bonds for LifeGrid Solutions, LLC for development of non-fossil fuel energy production.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE ENTERPRISE ZONES. Allows LLCs and renewable energy producers to qualify for EZ benefits; extends EZ tax benefits for manufacturing and agricultural businesses, for an additional seven years; allows receipts, sales, and employees of a business's establishments in all EZs within one county to count towards EZ qualifications; exempts payments for construction for a business approved for enrollment in the EZ Program from the general excise tax. (HB1682 HD1) |
EBM/AGR, EEP, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
9:25 a.m. AGENDA:
Decision making only (heard on Tuesday, February 10, 2009):
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Changes the name of the Environmental Health Education Fund to the Sanitation and Environmental Health Fund and allows the Fund to be used for sanitation program activities.
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HLT, EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO ETHANOL FACILITY TAX CREDIT. Caps the total annual amount of ethanol facility tax credits allowed at $8,000,000 between 01/01/09 to 12/31/12.
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EEP, FIN |
9:30 a.m. AGENDA:
EEP/AGR only:
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RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. Authorizes a preferential rate for electricity purchased by electric utilities from renewable energy producers that are associated with agricultural activities.
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EEP/AGR, CPC |
Decision making to follow.
9:35 a.m. AGENDA:
EEP/WLO only:
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RELATING TO LANDFILLS. Places a moratorium on any new municipal solid waste landfill units on the leeward coast on or after 8/1/09.
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EEP/WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Directs DLNR, DBED&T, and PUC to assist Hawaii Natural energy Institute in the identification and designation of one or more renewable energy zones in the waters not more than three miles from Oahu for a wave energy converter platforms.
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EEP/WLO, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
9:40 a.m. AGENDA:
EEP only:
Decision making only to insert substantive provisions into the short form bills:
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RELATING TO WATER QUALITY. Short form bill relating to water quality.
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EEP |
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENT. Short form bill relating to environment.
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EEP |
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Short form bill relating to energy.
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EEP |